OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

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OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

• OBJECTIVE
• TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE AND TRANSPARENT HAJJ AND
  UMRAH REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN
  MUSLIMS FOR 2008 AND BEYOND SAHUC AND HAJJ WATCH
  WORKING IN A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVED
  AGREEMENT IN SEVEN CRITICAL AREAS
• OUTCOMES TO DATE
• THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM (PMT), CONSISTING OF
  A MEMBER FROM HAJJ WATCH AND SAHUC EACH, HAS
  FACILITATED AN AGREEMENT IN THE SEVEN TASKS AND
  IN ADDITION PREPARED A PLAN FOR HAJJ 2008
  HIGHLIGHTING CRITICAL AREAS FOR OVERSIGHT
  COMMITTEE APPROVAL ENSURING JOINT DECISION MAKING

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PROPOSED PROCESS
WE ARE HERE
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ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

• SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS BETWEEN OC PARTNERS
• WRITTEN AGREEMENT (T.O.R) TO ACHIEVE A
  SUSTAINABLE AND TRANSPARENT HAJJ AND UMRAH
  REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MUSLIMS
  FOR 2008 AND BEYOND.
• COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BETWEEN SAHUC, HW DFA
• PARALLEL PROCESS I.E. SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS
  CONSISTING OF THE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP
  PREPARING FOR HAJJ 2008 AND THE PROJECT
  IMPLEMENTATION
• PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS CONDUCTED BY THE PMT
  
• TASK TEAMS INCLUDING HW, SAHUC AND PUBLIC
  CONTRIBUTED TO THE 7 TASKS FOR OC ENDORSEMENT AND
  IMPLEMENTATION
• AGREEMENT ON THE NEED FOR HW SAHUC TO RESOLVE
  THE HAJJ DILEMMA (SA Consul Genl. Report on Hajj
  2007 )

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THE SEVEN AREAS OF AGREEMENT

• NEW HAJJ AND UMRAH REGULATORY FRAME WORK (DFA
  ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED)
• ROLE OF GOVERNMENT (DFA ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED)
• HUJJAAJ ACCREDITATION PROCESS
• HAJJ MISSION OPERATIONAL PLAN
• DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS
• SERVICE PROVIDER ACCREDITATION CRITERIA
• FUNDING THE REGULATOR

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RISKS TO BE MANAGED

• IT IS IMPORTANT THAT TASK TEAM PACKAGES ARE
  INCORPORATED AND ANY MODIFICATION THEREOF BE
  JOINTLY MODIFIED AS APPROPRIATE
• DFA ARE REQUIRED TO ENDORSE THE OUTCOMES OF THIS
  COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BOTH FROM AN OC AND ITS
  GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, AS THE SAUDI
  AUTHORITIES WOULD NOT RECOGNISE A HAJJ MISSION
  THAT IS NOT RECOGNISED BY THE DFA SEE CG HAJJ
  2007 REPORT.
• NO INDIVIDUAL NOR ORGANISATION HAS THE RIGHT TO
  EITHER USE THE AGREED PROJECT OUTCOME SELECTIVELY
  NOR UNILATERALLY CHANGE THE AGREED PROCESS

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IMMEDIATE HAJJ 2008 ACTIONS

• THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN A
  COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AND BE IMPLEMENTED FOR
  HAJJ 2008, AS PER THE AGREEMENTS
• HUJJAAJ DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• THE NATIONAL HUJJAAJ ACCREDITATION
• THE HAJJ OPERATOR ACCREDITATION
• THE PRELIMINARY HAJJ PROTOCOLS (5 MAY 2008)

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IDENTIFYING MILESTONES FOR OC APPROVAL
AWAITING SAHUCS INPUT